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you're back with us. go ahead. >> i don't think that's accurate gwen, to say we haven't made progress. as i think you saw in the newspapers today, starting this morning we were enforcing the arms embargo as a result of nato action. we're finalizing command and control infrastructure for the no-fly zone but we know it's important over the last two days, the enforcement of the no-fly zone was done principally if not entirely by non-u.s. airplanes. now the united states still flew important missions as relate too old gathering intelligence, as it relates to fueling those airplanes and as it relates to jamming certain communications. but the bottom line is that this is now the international community that's stepping up. so i just don't agree the premise of the question. >> reporter: secretary clinton said it would be easiest if colonel qaddafi left and we heard admiral mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff say that this week that he didn't know. they had to envision a possibility that he would sti
you're back with us. go ahead. >> i don't think that's accurate gwen, to say we haven't made progress. as i think you saw in the newspapers today, starting this morning we were enforcing the arms embargo as a result of nato action. we're finalizing command and control infrastructure for the no-fly zone but we know it's important over the last two days, the enforcement of the no-fly zone was done principally if not entirely by non-u.s. airplanes. now the united states still flew important...
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these pictures were given to us today. we can't verify them, but they were filmed by the protesters themselves. are people prepared to die? >> yes, yes, they are. they are totally prepared to die. >> reporter: are you frightened? >> nope. not at all. >> are you prepared to die? >> i am prepared to die to get my freedom. >> reporter: and another protester who was shot through the arm last week told me the battle to oust the colonel would continue. >> reporter: no sooner was today's protest in tajoura dispersed than a pro-qaddafi demonstration began, though the protesters had apparently been bussed in. this is a city in virtual lockdown. the explosions of anger we witnessed today, few and far between. >> woodruff: in eastern libya, the rebels tried to expand their territory today. they advanced from brega, and attacked the oil port of ra's lanuf. late in the day, they claimed they had taken the city 380 miles from tripoli. and in the west, the flood of refugees into tunisia slowed drastically. emma murphy has that part of th
these pictures were given to us today. we can't verify them, but they were filmed by the protesters themselves. are people prepared to die? >> yes, yes, they are. they are totally prepared to die. >> reporter: are you frightened? >> nope. not at all. >> are you prepared to die? >> i am prepared to die to get my freedom. >> reporter: and another protester who was shot through the arm last week told me the battle to oust the colonel would continue. >>...
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us. >> sure. >> woodruff: caused quite a stir over there at the white house. >> i met with two or three >> what we have been hearing is that states have great ideas. i met with two or three governors the last couple of hours who want to do programs that bring all the private payers and medicaid and others to the table, work with doctors and providers. states want to look at regional exchanges. they're looking at all kinds of innovative ways to cover everybody, but they they can actually lower costs and have some even more effective delivery system changes. what the president said today is this innovation waiver has always been part of the affordable care act. since it was passed. it was not scheduled to start until 2017. but the more we got input from states around the country who were eager to roll up their shreves and get going, why not put this on the table from the outset. why have a state in one direction around a kind of formulated exchange only three years later to move in a differ
us. >> sure. >> woodruff: caused quite a stir over there at the white house. >> i met with two or three >> what we have been hearing is that states have great ideas. i met with two or three governors the last couple of hours who want to do programs that bring all the private payers and medicaid and others to the table, work with doctors and providers. states want to look at regional exchanges. they're looking at all kinds of innovative ways to cover everybody, but they...
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let's find $4 billion that all of us can agree to cut and cut it. and continue from that good start. democratic leaders in congress resisted even this up until a few days ago. now they've started to suggest they might be willing to agree to it. this is progress. >> reporter: at the white house today press secretary jay carney said the president hasn't committed to signing the short-term bill just yet. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: house republicans already approved their version of how the government should be funded through september, the end of the fiscal year. but as speaker john boehner noted at a gathering of religious broadcasters in tennessee sunday, democrats were unwilling to go along with that proposal. >> the house has passed legislation reflecting the will of the people that we keep the government running through october while cutting spending. the leader of the united states senate has refused to allow a vote on this legislation. so the house will pass a shorter-term bill that will also keep the government running while including
let's find $4 billion that all of us can agree to cut and cut it. and continue from that good start. democratic leaders in congress resisted even this up until a few days ago. now they've started to suggest they might be willing to agree to it. this is progress. >> reporter: at the white house today press secretary jay carney said the president hasn't committed to signing the short-term bill just yet. >> the bill is passed. >> reporter: house republicans already approved their...
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he used ropes. but when one of the boys tried to stop it, the father beat him. >> we knew my mother was very afraid of my father. afraid when he would come back from work. >> suarez: last november after years of abuse, maria's mother died. maria stood up to her father and insisted she and her siblings be removed from his care. >> i want my brothers and sisters to be treated well. and i want to go to school. >> suarez: for now maria is back in school. she and her siblings are safe from their father. it's cases like these that mark progress for leaders like colon. >> every person counts. every time you have a father realize this is important, every time you see a community leader tell you that he got engaged in solving a dispute or stopped something from happening and every time you hear a girl say she feels safer, it's a gain. we focus on each individual case. and then we try not to see all the work that's ahead. >> suarez: that's the only way you can go on. >> that's the only way you can go on is da
he used ropes. but when one of the boys tried to stop it, the father beat him. >> we knew my mother was very afraid of my father. afraid when he would come back from work. >> suarez: last november after years of abuse, maria's mother died. maria stood up to her father and insisted she and her siblings be removed from his care. >> i want my brothers and sisters to be treated well. and i want to go to school. >> suarez: for now maria is back in school. she and her siblings...
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>> this is a very big challenge for us. but one thing that we find a little encouraging even in this circumstance is all the people in the world are trying to help us. and also people are trying to cope with their situation honorably. very few looting and things like that. trying to be rather patient and resilient. we hope that we'll come back soon. it will take time. but we are coming back. >> let's turn to the nuclear issue. you mentioned it yourself. how close are the workers at the plant, fish... officials there, the plant, to making it safe? >> this is difficult to pre-judge. the situation changes every day. but we feel that we have approaching a stage where we could control this situation. i don't say that we have arrived. we are trying to approach that. there are six reactors we have to take care of. sometimes smoke comes out. we have to put the water. this activity is going on every day. >> woodruff: how doo you define getting it under control? what is that going to mean. when what will have happened? >> to bring it
>> this is a very big challenge for us. but one thing that we find a little encouraging even in this circumstance is all the people in the world are trying to help us. and also people are trying to cope with their situation honorably. very few looting and things like that. trying to be rather patient and resilient. we hope that we'll come back soon. it will take time. but we are coming back. >> let's turn to the nuclear issue. you mentioned it yourself. how close are the workers at...
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especially by using their technical might. i also appeal to the enter in the community to enforce a no- fly zone over libya in order to prevent some some of the neighboring countries from sending things into tripoli. >> reporter: tonight some fear that colonel qaddafi could attack benghazi again but they raised their flags and tried to establish civilian and military control of the town. >> woodruff: on the international front, the european union approved an arms embargo and other sanctions against the qaddafi regime. the u.s. military began moving air and naval forces closer to libya. british prime minister david cameron called for enforcing a no-fly zone against libyan planes. and in geneva, secretary of state hillary clinton said all options are on the table, from no-fly zones to war crimes prosecutions. >> colonel qaddafi and those around him must be held accountable for these acts. which violate international legal obligations and common decency. through their actions, they have lost the legitimacy to govern. and the peop
especially by using their technical might. i also appeal to the enter in the community to enforce a no- fly zone over libya in order to prevent some some of the neighboring countries from sending things into tripoli. >> reporter: tonight some fear that colonel qaddafi could attack benghazi again but they raised their flags and tried to establish civilian and military control of the town. >> woodruff: on the international front, the european union approved an arms embargo and other...
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but fresh that out a little bit for us. how dangerous is it when it goes into the soil and also into... more into the ocean, spreading in the ocean? >> well, two different situations. it really depends on what something that we don't know quite now is how much radioactivity is being deposited in the sea or in the ground. i think the short-term issues are actually quite small in terms of public health. but we have much more important long-term issues that we're going to face. the dominant radio isotopes will be radioactivity cesium. that has a laugh life of decades so we're really talking about some exposure to the environment for really a generation or more to come. how important that is really depends on how much radioactivity gets into the environment. that we really don't know at this point. but the short-term issues i think are not so important for the general population. the exposures that people are getting short term over the next days or even weeks, as it stands at the moment, are relatively small. >> brown: james a
but fresh that out a little bit for us. how dangerous is it when it goes into the soil and also into... more into the ocean, spreading in the ocean? >> well, two different situations. it really depends on what something that we don't know quite now is how much radioactivity is being deposited in the sea or in the ground. i think the short-term issues are actually quite small in terms of public health. but we have much more important long-term issues that we're going to face. the dominant...
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all the libyans are with us. if we win, we'll go on to the capital. >> reporter: not much interest here in negotiations. despite today's reports of contacts between the council in benghazi and qaddafi's people. more families were leaving today heading east to relative safety. and the fighters were praying, resolute in their belief that god and history are on their side. opposition forces said they controlled the town's square. bill neely is one of the international journalists who a has tried to get in. he filed this report from tripoli. >> reporter: this is the image colonel ka qaddafi wants to show of the rebels on their knees and in his hands. it's being broadcast over and over on libyan state television. his message to the country is that the refuse revolution is being crushed, a message rammed home on the front lines. >> yesterday we killed those in ras lanouf. tomorrow we will kill you everywhere in libya. >> reporter: we've been prevented by qaddafi's forces from reaching the town of jawiyah pounded again
all the libyans are with us. if we win, we'll go on to the capital. >> reporter: not much interest here in negotiations. despite today's reports of contacts between the council in benghazi and qaddafi's people. more families were leaving today heading east to relative safety. and the fighters were praying, resolute in their belief that god and history are on their side. opposition forces said they controlled the town's square. bill neely is one of the international journalists who a has...
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is backing him against us. the u.s. is killing us. so the u.s. needs to come out visibly and say this is our position. they haven't done that. what they're saying is that they support dialogue and a peaceful transition, and at the same time they condemn the protesters, and more than 52 people were killed. >> woodruff: which is what happened last week. and you've had a rapid change of events since then. nadia, you were telling me a moment ago that you and rgs have concerns about what happened. you were saying that many people believe president sala will end up going sooner than later, but you're worried about what happened in the new political system after that. >> the world is concerned about the transition phase. the world is concerned about how the transition -- what is coming after, and who is coming after, and the transition to power. that, in my opinion, is not the problem. the problem is after that what happens. we have to face the negativity that sala left behind. he is going to leave us with no money, and there will be resentedment and th
is backing him against us. the u.s. is killing us. so the u.s. needs to come out visibly and say this is our position. they haven't done that. what they're saying is that they support dialogue and a peaceful transition, and at the same time they condemn the protesters, and more than 52 people were killed. >> woodruff: which is what happened last week. and you've had a rapid change of events since then. nadia, you were telling me a moment ago that you and rgs have concerns about what...
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use the metaphor, tighten the noose. and then if you are tightening the noose then the guy should be struggling. and qaddafi is not struggling. he has the momentum on his side. so if you use that kind of metaphor, if you talk about that he is on the wrong side of history, he has to go, presumably that leads to consequences. but the likelihood this week on the ground is this is a libyan tiananmen where he cracks down, crushes the opposition and survives. >> lehrer: that is essentially what james clapper said at the national intelligence director,-- he said, hey, qaddafi has got the goods here. and he's probably goinging to survive, essentially. >> based upon my own conversations, i don't don't think that he has got a long-term-- . >> lehrer: mr. clapper, you mean. >> no, i'm not talking about mr. clapper, no. i will leave that to the administration and personnel office. no, i don't mean that. qaddafi. i don't think qaddafi is there for long. yes, he's got force on his side right now. he's got a lot of money. but i mean li
use the metaphor, tighten the noose. and then if you are tightening the noose then the guy should be struggling. and qaddafi is not struggling. he has the momentum on his side. so if you use that kind of metaphor, if you talk about that he is on the wrong side of history, he has to go, presumably that leads to consequences. but the likelihood this week on the ground is this is a libyan tiananmen where he cracks down, crushes the opposition and survives. >> lehrer: that is essentially what...
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i prefer to use pressure. we are not-- we are not in favor-- or we are not fighting-- we are one country. we & we have to keep our unity. now they established the council nash council, and this council now will-- has about 30 members. >> brown: and it's led by the former interior-- >> that's led by former justice, and he's a great man. >> brown: how much backing does it have? it include people like him, who have been tied to the government in the past. >> no, this man has never been tied to the government. i know him personally. this man is a man with principles. if he claimed he wants to reform but unfortunately, he-- he is the only minister in the history of libya since qaddafi took over to resign. this man he came hoping that changes will take place in libya. but when he finds out there is no way, he just quits. >> brown: so is there a unified opposition at this point with a clear agenda? >> you mean the minister? >> brown: the minister but everyone else around the country? >> i think everybody in libya, fo
i prefer to use pressure. we are not-- we are not in favor-- or we are not fighting-- we are one country. we & we have to keep our unity. now they established the council nash council, and this council now will-- has about 30 members. >> brown: and it's led by the former interior-- >> that's led by former justice, and he's a great man. >> brown: how much backing does it have? it include people like him, who have been tied to the government in the past. >> no, this...
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they brought us here to show us the damage. we're in the inner sanctum of the leader's compound. they say this is all the evidence they need to show that the coalition is trying to kill qaddafi. britain's minister of defense told channel 4 news that today what hit this building was a tomahawk cruise missile fired from a british submarine. the building was believed to have contained military communications equipment making it, a legitimate target. qaddafi's famous bed win tent where he works and entertains his visitors was just over 100 meters from the blast site. the leader's whereabouts are presently unknown. just over 100 miles from tripoli, qaddafi's forces are still reported to be besieging the contested city of misrata. no fresh footage has emerged today. but the residents claim his troops are using civilians as human shields and firing on unarmed civilians too. this despite government affirmations that it's stick to go the cease-fire. coalition warplanes will right now be readying for their third night of raids on libya. the leader himself has not been seen or heard from si
they brought us here to show us the damage. we're in the inner sanctum of the leader's compound. they say this is all the evidence they need to show that the coalition is trying to kill qaddafi. britain's minister of defense told channel 4 news that today what hit this building was a tomahawk cruise missile fired from a british submarine. the building was believed to have contained military communications equipment making it, a legitimate target. qaddafi's famous bed win tent where he works and...
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bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. ç and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: japan's nuclear crisis deepened today, as radiation levels jumped at a badly damaged nuclear plant. and for millions who survived last week's earthquake and tsunami, winter storms addedç misery to nuclear fears and theç struggle for food, water and basic comforts. we have a series of reports from "independent television news," beginning with alex thomson, who traveled today to the town of kamaishi. >> reporter: army aid convoys heading east over the central mountains into the quake zone this morning. several japanese have asked me what have we done to deserve an historically powerful earthquake this vast tsunami damage and now the bliz archdiocese?" with
bnsf, the engine that connects us. >> and by the bill and melinda gates foundation. dedicated to the idea that all people deserve the chance to live a healthy productive life. ç and with the ongoing support of these institutions and foundations. and... this program was made possible by the corporation for public broadcasting. and by contributions to your pbs station from viewers like you. thank you. >> woodruff: japan's nuclear crisis deepened today, as radiation levels jumped at a...
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uses only the acellular pertussis vaccine. but as the united states was changing vaccines something else was happening. health officials across the country were reporting increasing numbers of positive whooping cough cases. and in a government lab about 30 minutes outside of amsterdam, a group of scientists had discovered something else-- the bacterium that causes whooping cough started to look a little different. >> this new mutation had the effect that the bacteria started to produce more pertussis toxin. >> reporter: just whether that mutation is to blame, at least in part, for the california epidemic and outbreaks elsewhere in the world is at the heart of the whooping cough debate. >> even though these changes have occurred there is no evidence that that's lead to increased vaccine failure. >> reporter: just how effective is the vaccine? that all depends on who you talk to. drug information included with the two most commonly used whooping cough vaccines in the u.s. say the vaccine is 85% effective. dr. mooi believes there
uses only the acellular pertussis vaccine. but as the united states was changing vaccines something else was happening. health officials across the country were reporting increasing numbers of positive whooping cough cases. and in a government lab about 30 minutes outside of amsterdam, a group of scientists had discovered something else-- the bacterium that causes whooping cough started to look a little different. >> this new mutation had the effect that the bacteria started to produce...
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if other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. now, to the key house republican in charge of appropriating money for foreign aid. congresswoman kay granger, of texas and chair of the foreign operations subcommittee, joins us from capitol hill. >> thank you very much. >> woodruff: so there is a lot of talk right now, congresswoman granger, about foreign aid, but let's begin with this question of maternal and child health. as we just reported, president obama wants to increase the funding for a program that falls under the global health initiative. is that something you support? >> i haven't seen it yet. i'll look at it carefully, but in this time in our nation, it's not a time to increase spending. what we have to do is look very carefully, prioritize, and see what is the most important thing today. we can't continue to spend at the rate we have in the past, and i believe that very sincerely. what we'll do in this situation-- and i just heard you in your interview with laura bush, and she's right. it is important, maternal health i
if other countries have a chance to be stable, then that helps us. now, to the key house republican in charge of appropriating money for foreign aid. congresswoman kay granger, of texas and chair of the foreign operations subcommittee, joins us from capitol hill. >> thank you very much. >> woodruff: so there is a lot of talk right now, congresswoman granger, about foreign aid, but let's begin with this question of maternal and child health. as we just reported, president obama wants...
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to try us, to try us. but the boys are very confident. as always, they push them away, push them away. but they don't make a major assault yet. i don't know why they are waiting. maybe they're afraid. i don't know what their tactic. they will do it. and it will be a massacre. raise your voice and we ask all the humanity to protect us from this dangerous situation. but we are confident. we are strong. we want to die for our freedom, for our country, for the democracy, for a different society, for everything we're looking for. we are ready to die and we are strong. we are not afraid. but at the same time we want the help of the world. >> warner: thank you so much. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> woodruff: in washington today, secretary of state hillary clinton said a strong american response to the libyan crisis is essential. she told a congressional hearing that the north african nation is at a critical juncture. >> in the years ahead libya could become peaceful democracy or it could face protracted civil war or it could descend
to try us, to try us. but the boys are very confident. as always, they push them away, push them away. but they don't make a major assault yet. i don't know why they are waiting. maybe they're afraid. i don't know what their tactic. they will do it. and it will be a massacre. raise your voice and we ask all the humanity to protect us from this dangerous situation. but we are confident. we are strong. we want to die for our freedom, for our country, for the democracy, for a different society,...